Year 10 Foundation Mathematics

Foundation Mathematics provides the continuing mathematical development of students with respect to problems encountered in practical contexts in everyday life at home, in the community, at work and in study.

Foundation Mathematics provides students with the mathematical knowledge, skills, understanding and dispositions to solve problems in real contexts for a range of workplace, personal, further learning, and community settings relevant to contemporary society.

This subject could lead to VCE Foundation Maths or VCAL Numeracy.

Financial Maths

This includes:

• adding bills and giving change

• calculating profits and losses

• budgeting

• borrowing and investing money

• taxation, including GST and income tax

Space, shape and design

This includes:

• enlargement and reduction of diagrams and models 

• interpretation and use of location, distance, direction and scale on diagrams, maps and plans

• application of Pythagoras’ theorem in practical situations

Data

This includes: 

• collection and representation of data in diagrammatic, tabular and graphical forms 

• interpretation of diagrams, charts, tables and graphs 

• use of measures of central tendency (averages) and spread to summarise and interpret data 

• comparison and interpretation of data sets

You can discuss this option with any maths teacher. Here are a few teachers below:

Mrs Clare Hope:  chope@cmc.vic.edu.au

Mr Bethany Amsing: bamsing@cmc.vic.edu.au

Ms Fiona Bell:  fbell@cmc.vic.edu.au